166. avocado cheese salad

for cheese lovers

   I love adding cheese cubes , crumbled cheese , grated cheese to my salad. The day hubby sees cheese in the salad, he comments " someone's favourite is on the menu again!" Not that he wouldn't eat the cheese, am sure he too loves it. Cheese makes the salad more fun.... can you imagine the mixture of different tastes.... its like music for the tongue. Enjoy this simple and lovely salad. Yes, avocados are still in season and not joking at all but now they are huge, they are actually the size of a hawaiian paw paw.  I am serious. 

updated 7/03/2016









AVOCADO CHEESE SALAD
4 Servings

2 to 3 big lettuce leaves 
1 big avocado or 2 small ones
1 big tomato or 12 cherry, plum, grape tomatoes
1 cup sliced cucumber
½ cup cooked sweet corn
1 medium carrot
8 to 10 olives, cut into half
10 to 12 walnuts, chopped into big pieces
½ cup tiny cheddar cheese cubes

Onion Lemon Dressing :
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar or lemon juice
1 tsp honey
2 tbsp orange juice
½ tsp salt
½ tsp coarse pepper powder
¼ tsp red chilli flakes
2 tbsp finely chopped onion

  1. Make the dressing first by mixing all the ingredients. Let the onion marinate in the dressing for 20 to 30 minutes.
  2. To prepare the salad, wash and dry the lettuce leaves. Tear into big pieces. Put it in a big bowl.
  3. Peel and cut the avocado into chunks. Add a dash of lemon juice so it does not turn dark. Add to the bowl.
  4. Add the cucumber slices, walnuts, sweet corn, cheese and olives.
  5. Peel the carrot. Grate it into slices lengthwise or round slices on a mandolin or with a peeler. Then cut the slices into half. Or cut into sticks. Add to the bowl.
  6. Cut the tomato in chunks or if you are using the small ones, cut into half or leave them whole.
  7. Mix the salad and add the dressing.
  8. Serve.
Tips :
  • Add salad leaves of your choice.
  • Use any vegetables of your choice.
  • Add pineapple chunks, cranberries or blueberries.
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watermelon cucumber salad
mini taco salad cups



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